Educational game



I. `R. WILLIAMS. EDUCATIONAL GAME. APPLlcATloN FILED MAY 23. 1921.

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EDUCATIONAL GAME.v

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1921.

Patented May 2, 1922.

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'EDUCATIONAL GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23| I92I.

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. Application led May 23,

To all whom it may-concern:

Be. it known that I, JOHN RAYMOND WILLIAMS, a citizen' of thel United States, residing at vWalnutport, in the countyof Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Educational Game, of which the following is a speciiication.

VThis invention has reference to educational games, andv its :Objectis to vprovide for impressing upon the minds of the young elementary educational f principles in` va manner which shall be `interesting to the pupils, and, hence, will be more easily'retained than would otherwise be the case.

The invention is directed Vmore particularly to teaching simple problems in mensuration, and comprises an instrumentality requiring a certain amount of handling and arrangement of parts which will be interestingr to the pupil, and will enable the pupil to associate, through the aid of the eye, certain parts requiring orderly arrangement, whereby such arrangement may be ascertained wholly by the use of color or by the reading of simple words and sentences, thus acquiring information 'including Inensurationl and fractions and simple reasoning.

The basic idea ofthe invention is to lead the pupil by simple consecutive steps, and aided by the, eye, to acquire information of value in other connections, and by operating in the manner of a gaine, impressing the pupil so that the information becomes fastened upon thememory of the pupil so iirmly as to Ybe retained indefinitely. v Y

The invention will be best understood by a consideration of the following detailed vdescription taken in connection-with the accompanying drawings' forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however,l that 'the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified, so long assuch' changes and modicationsmark'no material departure from the salient features `of the invention, aseXpressed-in theappended claims.

. In the drawingsf- Fig.:1xisa perspective view of an instrumentality 4inl book formk for teaching simple problems vini mensuration.

specicanon of Letters Patent. ,Pmmmd May 2, 1922.

Serialv No. 471,628.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,' but drawn on a larger scale.

Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line 3 3 of l, but drawn on the scale of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a block employed in the structure of Fig. 1, and drawn on a still larger scale than Figs', 2 and 3. Y

Figs. 5 to f7, inclusive, are plan views of different leaves of the book-like device of Fig. 1, with different numbers of removableblocks in place. i

Figs. 8, 9 and l0 are views similar to Figs. 5 to 7, but omitting all the blocks and showing successive leaves making up the book.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown in Fig. l, a front cover l and a back cover 2 connected by a hinged section 3, and by ring-like hinges 4, so that the cover l may be opened away from the body of the book upon the hinges 4, as shown in Fig. l, or the cover l may be folded over onto the closed bodycfthe book to shield and protect` it, the .hinges being omitted in Fig. 3 and shown in the other views.

rllhe cover l may be conveniently made of sufficiently heavy card-board'and the back 2 may also be made of card-board, but` of double thickness, permitting a slot or recess 5 of suitable width and length to be produced in the back 2 and sunken through the upper layer of the back 2. A single thickness of suitable cardboard is sulicient to provide the slot 5, 4so as to snugly hold a series of blocks ofwood or composition, said blocks being' preferably square in outline and purposely measuring about an inch on each side, vso iasto define a square inch in superficial area. in this way, each block 6 will define a square inch, the thickness not lbeing material, except Jtopprovide for bulk and easy handling. v

Attached to the :front and back ofthe device by the hinges 4 is a series of leaves 7 of like area to the b,ack2 and cover l and made of card-board or heavypaper or other material yof sufficient vrigidity for the purpose. Each of the leaves 7 'is provided withr a'slot 8 to pass vthe blocks 6 sothat the faces of the leaves'inay be exposed successively, as shown inFigs. 5 to 10, inclusive. 'f Bordering oneV edge of the slots 8 in the leaves 7 is a series of imprints 9,v each representing a;V different appearance from the others, as,

for instance, a different color, and the blocks .p 6 each have the exposed surface l() of a dlrH ferent color corresponding to the im arints 9. l

l? or instance, the first imprint 9 to the left may be red, the second brown, the third blue, the fourth green, and so on throughout the entire series of imprints 9 and bloclr surfaces l0, with each imprint 9 bloclrsurface l0 corresponding. The bloclrs l() may be removed at will, but the imprints 9 are fixed on each sheet or leaf 7 and remain constant throughout the series of leaves.

rlhe several blocks 6, in the particular illustration in the drawing, represent inches and are numbered consecutively, as, l inch, 2 inches, 3 inches, etc., up to l2 inches so that the entire length of blocks, when in position, represents one foot.

The rear cover is designated by the letter, A, for distinction. rllhe first leaf next to the rear cover is designated by the letter, The third leaf is designated by the letter, C, and so on, up to the letter, F, which, in the particular arrangement illustrated constitutes -the topmost leaf, these letters being imprinted on the several leaves, and are intended to form a permanent part of the device.

rlhe rear cover 2, designated by the letter A, has imprints 9 thereon, with fractional desig-y nations l1, representing inches in twelfths of a foot arranged at the junctions of the imprints 9, and below the imprints 9 and adjacent to them are other fractions indieating the larger divisions of a foot, such as i/e, i/e or 2/4, e/i, and 2/2 or i/e.

To guide both the teacher and pupil, there is imprinted upon the face of the baclr 2, designated by the letter, A, a lesson called Lesson- 1 foot, and in conjunction with the printed matter, certain statements and questions are printed, as, for instance,

1. Count the blocks.

2. How many have you@l 3. Each block is one inch.

4I. Make a foot.

5. l-low many blocks did it take? 6. How many inches in one foot.

ln addition to the imprints on the sheet, A, may appear the word Foot, V

rlhe imprints on leaf, B, relate to the large fractions of a foot, namely, 1/2 foot and 2/2 foot. The lessons imprinted on sheet, B relate to the half foot and to the two halves of a foot, with certain questions relating to them.

@n leaf, C, thirds of a foot are taken up for consideration, and the lessons are printed similarly to those on the preceeding sheets or leaves. ln lilre manner, leaves, or sheets, D, E and l?, relate toV quarters, sixths and twelfths of a foot respectively with lessons directed thereto, and all based upon the same general considerations, so that ultimately the problems require an extended reinste knowledge of the characteristics set forth on the device, with the acquisition of the knowledge made entertaining and obtained easily with the aid of the educational game of the invention.

Because the blocks 6 are removable and replaceable, and the replacing of the blocks is aided by the colored guides, the pupil is enabled to learn by unconscious repetition until, without realizing` it the pupil has acquired an extended knowledge, not only valuable in itself, but helpful in the acquisition of further knowledge.

W hat is claimed is:

l. An educational device, comprising a group of leaves having matching slots, a baclr .and a cover, with the baclr formed with an elongated recess, a row of unit members normally held end to end in the recess and projecting through matching slots in thc several leaves to be accessible to the user irrespective of whether or not all the leaves be closed .at one time, and each leaf having located on the margin of the slot an imprint for aiding the pupil in properly placing the blocks in thel proper order in the slot.

2. An educational device, comprising a body member, with an elongated recess therein, a cover member hinged to the first named member whereby the two members may be moved to the open position or closed together, a pile of leaves attached to the linges for movement between the two members, and a group of associated blocks each of which represents an object of definite size, and the blocks being adapted to fit snugly in the recess.

3. An educational device, comprisingl a body member with an elongated recess therein, va cover member hinged to the body member whereby the cover member may be moved to an open position or closed toward the body member, a pile of leaves attached to the hinges, and each leaf being provided with an elongated slot corresponding to the recess in the body member, and a group of associated blocks each representing an object of a delinite size and adapted to lit snugly in the recess in the body member, and in the slots in the leaves, the blocks having individualizing surface indicia and each leaf having surface indicia bordering one edge of the slot through the leaf.

1l. An educational device, comprising a body member and a cover member, a pile of intermediate leaves, hinges connecting the leaves and body and cover members, and the body member being provided with .an elongated recess, with the leaves having slots through them matching the recess in the c body member, and removable blocks lodged in the recess and slots and of a thickness to project through the leaves, said body member and leaves having diderently colored imprints bordering-'the slots and the blocks iso being colored in conformity with the im-v prints for guiding the location of the blocks in the body member and in the slots in the leaves.

5. An educational device, comprising a body member with an elongated recess therein, a series of blocks proportioned to snugly lodge in the recess in end to end engagement to define a predetermined length, a pile of leaves, each having an elongated slot therethrough corresponding to the recess in the body member and matching to pass the blocks, With the pile of leaves of a depth corresponding to the projection of the blocks from the body member, and said body member and pile of leaves having indicia to guide the user in placing the blocks in proper relation in the slots in the leaves and the recess in the body member.

6. An educational device, comprising a body member with an elongated recess therein, a series of blocks proportioned to snugly lodge in the recess in end to end engagement to define a predetermined length, a pile of leaves, each having an elongated slot therethrough corresponc ing to the recess in the body member and matching to pass the blocks, with the pile of leaves of a depth corresponding to the projection of the blocks from the body member, and said body member and pile of leaves having indicia to guide the user in placing the blocks in proper relation in the slots in the leaves and the recess in the body member, the device also including a cover member and hinges for the cover member and leaves, whereby to provide for opening and closing the device vvith different numbers of leaves resting Y on the body member.

7. An educational device, comprising a body member, a cover member, a pile oi leaves, and a series of blocks each of a pre-` in conformity with the imprints, to guide the user in a designed orderly arrangement of the blocks.

8. An educational device, comprising a body member, a cover member, a pile of leaves, and a series of blocks each of a predetermined size, the body member having means for holding the blocks in a row, the leaves being arranged to pass the blocks When locatedin a row, and the body member and leaves ea'ch having imprints, and the blocks being characteristically indicated in conformity with the imprints to guide the user in a designed orderly arrangement of the blocks, and the leaves and co-ordinated parts of the device having imprints thereon to impart useful information.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiiXed my signature.

JOI-IN R. WILLIAMS. 

